EVMS Faculty Affairs and Professional Development collaborates with offices and departments across the EVMS campus to plan and offer professional development opportunities. 

WorkshopPresentationDiscussion/Q&A
“An educational opportunity to meet and focus on techniques and skills in a particular field, by engaging participants in a discussion, exercise, activity, or practical application of the concepts presented, usually resulting in a hands-on session with an associated outcome.” 
Must entail one of the following for participants to engage in for ⅓ of the session time, time does not include discussion: 
  • Activity
  • Exercise
  • Application of concept
 “An educational opportunity to meet, present, and/or discuss information, guided by a leader, expert, or teacher on a specific to broad topic.” 
 

 

Can include:
  • Lecture/Presentation 
  • Brief Discussion/Q&A
 “An educational opportunity, in which people pose/consider a question, and openly talk and share ideas or opinions. Could be led by one or multiple facilitators (ie. panel discussion).”

 

Must entail for at least ½ of the allotted time:
  • Participants discussing openly or posing questions as a whole or small group

 

Professional development opportunities are focused within the following domains:

  • Education (teaching, instructional design, curriculum development)
  • Research and scholarship
  • Administration, leadership and organizational development
  • Career development (promotion process and the development of a professional dossier)
  • Wellness and vitality
  • Women in Medicine and Science (WiMS)

Submit Suggestions for Future Professional Development Opportunities

 

CME credit is offered unless otherwise stated.


Eastern Virginia Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Date

Time

Description

Facilitator

4/17/24

Noon-2:00PM

AI Prompt Engineering Workshop

Part 2, Intermediate Applications of Prompt Engineering in Medical Education

M’Hammed, PhD, Associate Director, Center for Faculty Development, ODU

4/26/24

9:30AM-4:00PM

Educational Scholarship Day

9:30-11:45

Oral Presentations

12:00-1:00

Keynote Presentation: Highlighting the Cracks in Our Pedestals: The Power of Vulnerability in Biomedical Education presented by Eric Zwemer, MD, President, UNC Academy of Educators, Associate Program Director, UNC Pediatrics Residency, Associate Chair, Faculty Affairs in Education, Pediatrics, Director, Junior Faculty Development, Pediatric Medicine, Associate Professor, Pediatrics – UNC Chapel Hill

1:00-2:00

Poster Presentations & Networking Session

2:30-3:00

Closing & Remarks

3:00-4:00

Fine Family Academy of Educators: Meet & Greet with the Keynote (Open Meeting)

5/22/24

Noon-1:00PM

Insight to Impact Series:

Receiving Feedback

Glenn Yap, PhD, MBA, MS - Assistant Professor, School of Health Professions

 

Brett Sierra, DHSc, MPH - Assistant Professor,

School of Health Professions

9/18/24

Noon-1:00PM

Educational Grand Rounds:

Interprofessional Education (Title TBD)

Carolyn Rutledge, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN

Professor and Eminent Scholar

Executive Director of Faculty Development, Innovation, & Research, Co-Director of the Center for Telehealth Innovation, Education, & Research (C-TIER)

School of Nursing

Virginia Beach Higher Education Center

PAST EVENTS

Date

Time

Description

Facilitator

4/10/24

Noon-1:00PM

Insight to Impact Series:

MASTERING THE ART OF THE PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Delivering Effective Feedback for Growth

Watch Recording Here

Glenn Yap, PhD, MBA, MS - Assistant Professor, School of Health Professions

 

Brett Sierra, DHSc, MPH - Assistant Professor,

School of Health Professions

3/27/24

Noon-1:00pm

Educational Grand Rounds:

Effort is the New Smart: Supporting Students in the Self-Regulated Use of Desirable Difficulties

Watch Recording Here

Anique de Bruin, PhD, Maastricht University, the Netherlands

3/18/24

Noon-2:00PM

AI Prompt Engineering Workshop

 

Part 1, Introduction to Prompt Engineering: A Primer for Medical School Faculty

 

Watch Recording Here

M’Hammed, PhD, Associate Director, Center for Faculty Development, ODU

1/23/24

Noon-1:00pm

Educational Grand Rounds:

Social Media in Medical & Health Sciences Education

Lauren Mazzurco, DO – Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, Master Educator, Fine Family Academy of Educators, EVMS Medical Director, Hospice and Palliative Care, Hampton VA Medical Center

1/17/24

Noon-1:00PM

Insight to Impact Series:

Conflict Resolution

Glenn Yap, PhD, MBA, MS - Assistant Professor, School of Health Professions

 

Brett Sierra, DHSc, MPH - Assistant Professor,

School of Health Professions

11/30/23

Noon-1:00PM

Educational Grand Rounds:

Applications of Virtual Reality in Medicine

Natascha Heise, PhD

Assistant Professor, Pathology and Anatomy

EVMS

11/8/23

Noon-3:00pm

Insight to Impact:

True Colors: temperament and personality typing

Glenn Yap, PhD, MBA, MS - Assistant Professor, School of Health Professions

 

Brett Sierra, DHSc, MPH - Assistant Professor,

School of Health Professions

 

Judith Taylor-Fishwick, MSc - Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

10/19/23

Noon-1:00PM

Educational Grand Rounds:

A Theoretical Approach to Teaching and Learning

Watch Recording Here

Jean Bailey, PhD

Associate Dean, Faculty Development, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University

9/25/23

12:30PM-4:00PM

Educational Symposium:

Eureka Moments: Unraveling Artificial Intelligence in Health Sciences Education

Watch Recording Here

M’Hammed Abdou, PhD

Associate Director of the Center for Faculty Development

Old Dominion University

 

7/21/23

Noon-1:00PM

Strategies for Writing Recommendation Letters for Promotion and Tenure

Alicia Monroe, MD - Chief Integration Officer

Old Dominion University

7/12/23

Noon-1:00PM

The Value of Coaching: Supporting our Faculty

Renee Morales, MD - Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Co-Module Director, Hormones and Reproductive Health

 

Wendy Schofer, MD, FAAP, DipABLM - Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Founder, Family in Focus

 

Judith Taylor-Fishwick, MSc - Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Director, Professional Development, Director, Fine Family Academy of Educators

6/27/23

Noon-1:00PM

Educator Boot Camp:

The JiTT Infographic Application, a FOAM (Free Open Access Medical education) Evidence-Based Resource: Use and Application

Watch Recording Here

Alice Fornari, EdD - Associate Dean of Educational Skills Development, Vice President of Faculty Development - Zucker SOM (ZSOM)

6/21/23

Noon-1:00PM

Educator Boot Camp:  

Teaching Clinical Reasoning Across the Learner Continuum

Watch Recording Here

Sandra Oza, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Co-Director, Introduction to Clinical Medicine, Co-Director, Transition to Clerkship Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center

6/13/23

Noon-1:00pm

Educator Boot Camp:  

Supporting Learners in Difficulty

Watch Recording Here

Andria Tatem, MD - Medical Director, Mental Health Pediatrics and Vice Chair of Diversity, Department of Pediatrics – Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters

5/4/23

Noon-1:00PM

Educational Scholarship Day Keynote Presentation:

Supercharged Learning: Using Curiosity, Motivation, Mindset, and Resilience to Power Expertise Development

Watch Recording Here

William B. Cutrer, MD, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Critical Care Medicine - Vanderbilt University

4/20/23

Noon-1:00PM

Educational Grand Rounds:

Overview of the EVMS DM Program Curriculum Redesign

Watch Recording Here

Mily Kannarkat, MD – Associate Vice Dean, Pre-clinical Education, Eastern Virginia Medical School

4/5/23

Noon-1:00PM

Teaching with AI-Generated Content: Opportunities and Challenges

Watch Recording Here

M’Hammed Abdous, PhD - Associate Director for Faculty Innovation and Teaching with Technology at the Center for Faculty Development, Old Dominion University

3/30/23

Noon-1:00PM

IAMSE: Progress and Challenge of Pathway Programs

No CME Credit

Leila Amiri, PhD - Assistant Professor, Associate Dean of Admissions, The Robert Larner MD, College of Medicine at the University of Vermont

3/23/23

Noon-1:00PM

IAMSE: Academic Readiness for the Pre-clerkship Curriculum: A closer look at the metrics in pathway students

No CME Credit

Stephen Schneid, PhD - Director for Educational Development and Scholarship, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

3/16/23

Noon-1:00PM

IAMSE: Fostering Community Through Rural Pipelines and Pathways

No CME Credit

Natasha Bray, DO - Campus Dean - Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine


Machelle Linsenmeyer, EdD - Associate Dean for Assessment and Educational Development, Professor - West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine

3/14/23

Noon-1:00PM

Educational Grand Rounds: Energizing Learning with the Science of Emotion

Watch Recording Here

Sarah Rose Cavanagh, PhD, - Associate Professor, Senior Associate Director for Teaching and Learning, Center for Faculty Excellence, Simmons University

3/9/23

Noon-1:00PM

IAMSE: Lessons Learned in Developing Accelerated 3-Year MD Programs

No CME Credit

Joan Cangiarella, MD - Senior Associate Dean for Education, Faculty and Academic Affairs, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Catherine Coe, MD - Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina

3/2/23

Noon-1:00PM

IAMSE: Building Pathways & Bridges on the Bumpy Road towards Equity in STEM & Medicine

No CME Credit

Jacqueline Ekeoba, PhD - Lecturer and STEM Master Teacher, University of Houston


Lily Lam, DO - Medical Student Advisor, City University of New York


Mariam Manuel, PhD - Clinical Assistant Professor/Master Teacher, University of Houston


Thomas Thesen, PhD – Associate Professor, Dartmouth College

2/2/23

Noon-1:00PM

IAMSE: Foresight, Insight and the Quest to Transform Learning through Game-Based Learning

No CME Credit

Eric Gantwerker, MD - Associate Professor, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Teresa Chan, MD - Associate Dean, Continuing Professional Development, McMaster University

Satid Thammasitboon, MD - Director of the Center for Research, Innovation and Scholarship, Baylor College of Medicine

1/31/23

Noon-1:00PM

Educational Grand Rounds: Increasing Access and Reducing Ableism in Health Professions Training

Watch Recording Here

Lisa M. Meeks, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan Medical School

1/26/23

Noon-1:00PM

IAMSE: Card and Board Games for Health Professionals Education

No CME Credit

Michael Cosimini, MD - Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Oregon Health and Science University


Sarah Edwards, MD - Senior Emergency Medicine Resident, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Trust

1/19/23

Noon-1:00PM

IAMSE: Escape Rooms: Breaking Away from the Lull of Lackluster Curricula

No CME Credit


Amy Beresheim, PhD - Associate Discipline Director of Anatomy, Rush University


Adam Wilson, PhD - Associate Professor, Director of Anatomy Education, Rush University

 

1/12/23

Noon-1:PM

IAMSE: Trivia Reimagined: Making Questions Fun & Educational

No CME Credit


Michelle Turpin, PhD - Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, University of Houston

Jeremy Walker, MD – Assistant Professor, Medicine - Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama

1/5/23

Noon-1:PM

IAMSE: Gamification in Biomedical Education

No CME Credit

JR Georgiadis, PhD - Associate Professor and Section Head, University Medical Center Groningen

 12/12/22

Noon-1:00PM

Presentation: Words by Any Other Name? Eponyms and Their Impact on Health Professions Education  

Watch Recording Here

Edgar R. Meyer, M.A.T., Ph.D., - Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Advanced Biomedical Education, University of Mississippi Medical Center

 

 

10/27/22

 

noon-1:00PM

 

 

4:15-5:30PM

Educational Grand Rounds: Deconstructing Racism, Hierarchy, and Power in Medical Education: Guiding Principles on Inclusive Curriculum Design.

Q&A Session with presenters

Watch Recording Here

Priya Garg, MD - Associate Dean of Medical Education at Boston University School of Medicine

Kaye-Alese Green, MS - Diversity & Inclusion Fellow for Boston University School of Medicine

9/29/22

noon-1:00PM

IAMSE: Breaking Barriers for Racial/Ethnic Groups Underrepresented in the Health Professions

No CME credit

Janet Coffman, PhD - Professor of Health Policy, Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco 

9/22/22

Noon-1:00PM

IAMSE: Learning Communities: Creating Structures for Peer Support

No CME credit

Caroline Harada, MD - Associate Professor of Medicine, Asst. Dean for Community- Engaged Scholarship, University of Alabama Birmingham

Lauren Parker - Director of Professional Programs University of Kansas School of Medicine

9/15/22

Noon-1:00PM

IAMSE: Mental Health and the Struggling Learner

No CME credit

Michael Redinger, MD, Assistant Professor MA, Western Michigan University, Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine 

9/08/22

Noon-1:00PM

IAMSE: The Off-Cycle Curriculum: Intention vs. Impact

No CME credit

Robert Walker, PhD - Associate Professor of Physiology, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, South Georgia

9/01/22

Noon-1:00PM

IAMSE: “This Learner Is Terrible”: Remediation in Medical Education

No CME credit

Calvin Chou, MD, PhD - Professor of Clinical Medicine,
University of California San Francisco

2021-22 Events

3/24/22

12:00-1:00pm

Educational Grand Rounds/QEP: Professional Identity (Trans)Formation for Flourishing in Health Professions Education & Practice: Reflection, Relationships, Resilience

Hedy S. Wald, PhD - Clinical Professor of Family Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Faculty, Harvard Medical School Pediatrics Leadership Program, Commissioner, Lancet Commission on Medicine and the Holocaust

11/4/21

12:00-1:00pm

Educational Grand Rounds: Mitigating Bias and Integrating Equity in Medical Education: A Checklist-Based Approach

Hosted by the Fine Family Academy of Educators, and in support of Live Humble, Practicing with Cultural Humility/QEP2021

Amy E. Caruso Brown, MD, MSc, MSCS, HEC-C -
Interim Chair of Bioethics and Humanities,
Associate Professor of Bioethics and Humanities and of Pediatrics, SUNY Upstate Medical University

09/23/21

12:00-1:00pm

Educational Grand Rounds: Cognitive Integration – Use of Integrated Illness Scripts in Medical Education

Julie Kerry, PhD – EVMS


Karo G. Ohanian, MD - EVMS

2020-21 Events

05/27/21

12:00-1:00pm

AoE: A practical guide to development and delivery of dynamic experiences

Renée LeClair, PhD - Chair, Dept of Basic Science Education, Virginia Tech

5/06/21

7:00am-3:00pm

Educational Scholarship Day

 

4/08/21

12:00-1:00pm

AoE Grand Rounds: Generation Z: What’s Next? Implications for Medical Education

Geoffrey Talmon, MD - UNMC

3/24/21

12:00-1:00

AoE: Workplace Assessment for the Clerkship Years

Patricia O’Sullivan, EdD

3/02/21

12:00-1:00

AoE:  Promoting Active Learning when Teaching Online: Theory, Examples and Practices

Erik Black, PhD - College of Education University of Florida

2/25/21

12:00-1:00pm

AoE Virtual Cafe: What’s New in Medical Education:  A Discussion of Recent Literature

No CME Credit

Judith Taylor-Fishwick, MSc - EVMS

2/19/21

12:00-1:00pm

AOE Lunch & Learn: Failures of Innovation in Curriculum Reform

No CME Credit

Lauren Mazzurco, DO - Associate Professor of Medicine

2/11/21

12:00-1:00pm

AoE Grand Rounds: Why Does Your Learner Perform Poorly on Tests? Using Self-Regulated Learning Theory to Diagnose the Problem and Implement Solutions

Mary Andrews, MD, MPH, FACP - Department of Medicine USUHS


Joseph Maciuba - Department of Medicine USUHS

1/27/21

12:00-1:00pm

Implementing Teaching Approaches in the Time of COVID

Catherine Derber, MD – EVMS


Kimberly Dempsey, MPA, EdD – EVMS


Julie Kerry, PhD - EVMS

11/17/20

12:00 – 12:45pm

AoE Grand Rounds:  What Can Medical Education Learn from the Neurobiology of Learning – An Update

Virtual

Michael Friedlander, PhD, VT

11/11/20

POSTPONED

AoE Education:  The Role of Peer Observation in Teaching and Learning

Virtual

Agatha Parks-Savage, EdD – EVMS

 

Judith Taylor-Fishwick MSc - EVMS

10/22/20

12:00 – 1:30pm

AoE Education:  Moving beyond #s: Using Qualitative Methods to Advance Scholarship (Part 2 of 2)

Virtual

Suba Ramani, MD - Harvard University

09/16/20

 12:00-1:00pm

AoE Education: Using Technology to Increase Student (and faculty satisfaction with) engagement in medical education

Virtual

Denise Kay, PhD - UCF, College of Med


Magdalena Pasarica, MD, PhD - UCF, College of Med

09/10/20

12:30 – 1:30pm

AoE Grand Grounds: Should I Tailor Instruction to Learning Style?

Virtual

Daniel Willingham, PhD - UVA

08/25/20

12:15-1:15pm

AoE Education:  Moving beyond #s: Using Qualitative Methods to Advance Scholarship (Part 1 of 2, Oct 22)

Virtual

Suba Ramani, MD - Harvard University

Professional Development Archives

Previous EVMS Professional Development Opportunities

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